My favourite project is a green crocodile office stapler, ever since the last stapler has gone missing from my office, I had no choice but to use this stapler instead.
Assignment #1.2 Find the gap
Identify 10 gaps.
- having a parking space for my car in the city.
- having a place to park my bicycle securely.
- a suitable holder/method to tie up my earpiece wires.
- a good method to hold my cold water bottle and to prevent condensation whenever I put it on the classroom table.
- I need to have clean and fresh air in my office without too much maintenance.
- I want to keep my coffee cup warm.
- I want a place to keep my shoes in my office - to air my shoes.
- I want to have a means of carrying a laptop, the necessary video cables and accessories with notes to classrooms.
- a way to store my art materials and stationary.
- a storage of my hats and caps.
The selected gap.
I want have clean and fresh water in my office with too much maintenance.
I want have clean and fresh water in my office with too much maintenance.
Explanation
I want to design a water feature with plants, and LED lights so that the office can have a good humidity and plants used can be used to filter the air and the environment can be kept healthy and clean. The office can then be a much nicer, greener and more sustainable area to work in. The plants can liven up the harsh feeling and everyone can be happier.
source:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/1837156/NASA-Indoor-Plants#download
http://www.mnn.com/health/healthy-spaces/stories/best-air-filtering-houseplants-according-to-nasa
http://www.zone10.com/nasa-study-house-plants-clean-air.html
http://www.urbangardensweb.com/2010/12/27/plants-as-indoor-natural-air-purifiers/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJFjST9qGE4
These are some of the web resources, that we can confirm this trend.
I want to design a water feature with plants, and LED lights so that the office can have a good humidity and plants used can be used to filter the air and the environment can be kept healthy and clean. The office can then be a much nicer, greener and more sustainable area to work in. The plants can liven up the harsh feeling and everyone can be happier.
source:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/1837156/NASA-Indoor-Plants#download
http://www.mnn.com/health/healthy-spaces/stories/best-air-filtering-houseplants-according-to-nasa
http://www.zone10.com/nasa-study-house-plants-clean-air.html
http://www.urbangardensweb.com/2010/12/27/plants-as-indoor-natural-air-purifiers/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJFjST9qGE4
These are some of the web resources, that we can confirm this trend.
ASSIGNMENT #1.3 Visual Expression
ASSIGNMENT #1.4 Design for you
I have a few existing ideas to refer by, But I use Google Sketchup to quickly model my idea. My idea is to use an existing air purifier which uses water as the cleaning agent and at the same way the air is also "cleaned" by the plants. The water is also "cleaned" by the roots of the plants. In this manner, there is the 'double-action" of both water and plants that works in synergy to produce a fresh clean air environment.
My proposal is this, a rotating turbine-type fan to suck in air into the container where the water is used to clean air and humidify it and passing the air over the plants.